Sturston, Norfolk

Shire countyRegionCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townTHETFORDPostcode districtIP24PoliceNorfolkFireNorfolkAmbulanceEast of England UK Parliament 52°30′09″N 0°46′06″E / 52.50248°N 0.76839°E / 52.50248; 0.76839

Sturston is a deserted village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 7+1⁄2 miles (12 km) north of the town of Thetford and 25 miles south-west of the city of Norwich.^[1]

The village became deserted when it was taken over by the British Army during the Second World War as part of the Stanford Battle Area, an infantry training area that is still in use today. The village and most of the parish are within a prohibited area and access is not allowed without special permission from the Army.^[2]

The civil parish has an area of 7.81 km² (3.02 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had no inhabitants. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.^[3]

References

• ISBN 0-319-21861-9.
• ^ Rootsweb.com (1998–2006). Ghost Towns/Deserted Villages of Great Britain. Retrieved 17 February 2006.
• ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

External links

• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Sturston.
• Information from NorfolkChurches.co.uk on the Stanford Battle Area and its deserted villages and churches.